Palter v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. (Obs.) "Palter out your time in the penal statutes."
Palter v. i. (past & past part. paltered; pres. part. paltering)
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To haggle. (Obs.)
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To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. "Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter.""Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power."
... his back staring at the roof of the berth. By lying absolutely still and forcing himself to think of purely inland scenes and objects he had contrived to reduce the green in his complexion to a mere tinge. But it would be paltering with the truth to say that he felt debonair. He received Sam with a ... — Three Men and a Maid • P. G. Wodehouse
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